Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
DIVISION II. MUNICIPALITIES |
TITLE 4. IN GENERAL |
SUBTITLE 5. MERGER OF MUNICIPALITIES |
§ 4-505. Action on unified charter by legislative bodies
Latest version.
-
(a) Submission of proposed charter to municipalities. --
(1) The charter commission shall submit a proposed unified charter to the legislative body of each municipality.
(2) The legislative body shall include the proposed charter in a resolution that is considered in accordance with the procedural requirements provided for charter amendments in § 4-303(a) and 4-304 of this title.
(3) For purposes of § 4-303(a) of this title, the resolution is considered to embrace only one subject.
(b) Adoption, rejection, or amendment. -- Each legislative body may:
(1) adopt or reject the resolution; or
(2) amend the resolution, if the legislative bodies of the other municipalities concur.